Free App Friday – January 27, 2012

Leave a comment and tell me what your favorite free app today is and I will pick a random name to receive a $10 AppStore gift card!

Here are this weeks Free App Friday apps (#freeappfriday), offered in association with Moms With Apps (#appfriday). The offer for these free apps end 8pm PST today, although sometimes the free apps get extended.

Please leave a note below and tell us which you liked and don’t forget to come back every Friday for Free App Friday. Enjoy!

Learnia is a game-like, 3-D world that mimics many popular video games. Players have access to activities, lessons, and games covering concepts from spelling and math in grades 1 to 3. The free game includes a wealth of content, and there are more complete versions of each subject and grade level available as in-app purchases.

App Info Price: Overview Animal Sounds, Photos and Info offers 50 animals in the free version with high-quality pictures, recordings of sounds, and fact sheets about each. The app includes a match the sound to the animal game, and a jigsaw puzzle activity. Features include: 50 animals in free version, 60 others available as in-app …

App Info Price: Overview WordStory-Word Search Puzzles & Brain Games is a series of word puzzles that begin on a 3 x 3 grid of letters. Players are challenged to connect the letters to make two words suggested by the number of letters in each word. The letter boards provided can easily make many combinations, …

Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week we’ve found some great free apps to quench your child’s desire for screen time, while providing a learning environment at the same time. Today’s apps will allow your child to strengthen their imagination as they create stories, and explore places like underwater and outer space. Arthur’s Story Maker: Pirates …

Jumping Miner is a cute arcade-style app that is simple to learn and takes quite a bit of skill to master. Developers have included over 1000 levels, so there is a huge amount of content here for dedicated players.

Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week we’ve found some great free apps to quench your child’s desire for screen time, while providing a learning environment at the same time. Today’s apps are perfect for killing time on rainy days. Number Games This app features many different activities for your child. Counting, matching, and number recognition …

Fruit Heroes Tale is an entertaining and unique marriage of match-three board games and battle-based games. Players have the challenge of numerous leveled match-three boards, and success on the boards increases the player’s battle capabilities.

Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week we’ve found some great free apps to quench your child’s desire for screen time, while providing a learning environment at the same time. Today’s apps are perfect for kids with an active imagination. They can go on vacations, to outer space, the zoo and more. We’ve also got a …

The early elementary years are a magical time! Kids are discovering the secrets of becoming literate, and there’s a lot you can do to help them in school. Here are some of the best apps to help your first grader along the road to reading, no matter what stage your child is at. Free Learn …

Science takes many forms but in all of its guises, it teaches children problem-solving, scientific process, logical thinking, and reasoning. It also nurtures curiosity, wonder, and respect for the world around us. With the technology we have today, your children can be up and running with their very own experiments by accessing YouTube and utilizing …

This day and age, children need all the extra practice they can get with math concepts and numbers. Classwork, even in these early grades, focuses on understanding the underpinnings of the number system and has moved away from the rote memorization of math facts that was common only a few years back. Many children need …

This fictional superhero hit the print in 1938 and hasn’t slowed down since. The comic book has transformed into radio series, televisions series, and many movies. He may not have been the first superhero to save the day, but he has become the superhero we compare everyone else to. Bring a little bit of crime-fighting …

We thought we’d save you some dirty laundry and muddy boot prints! Dirt biking is a wickedly fun hobby to have, but it sure lives up to its name. We’ve kept the dirt outside and brought the fun inside. Below are some action dirt biking shots and still shots for your kids to color on …